Improvement in machine foe cleaning stables



@mi @Ww THGMAS F. LONGAKER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 100,7 7 8, lr/.ted March 15,' 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINE FOR CLEANING- STABLES.A

The Schedule referred to in these Lettera Patent and making pari: f the same.

To all'whom it 'may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS F. LONGAKER, of the city of Philadelphia, county ofPhiladelphia, inthe Sta-te of Pennsylvania, have invented a newand improved Stable-Cleaner -for Cleaning Stables; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being Vhad to thol accomcompanying drawings and to the, letters (rf-referenceA marked thereon.

Figure' l shows main perspective of the implement.

Figure 2 shows lateral view.

Figure 3 shows traverse section of oross-bar with teeth and handle. l

Figure 4 shows section. of tongue, with socket for revolving cross-bar, also spring, with nose or lug, f1tting into oriiic-e or aperture in socket.

The form and nat-nre o f my invention consist-s of a hook, scraper, or brush, made by fastening securely teeth, a seraper,or'brush to a revolving head,a, attached to a, tongue, b, or bar, to which power is intended to be applied i. l

Fastened tol the `top of this tongue is a spring c,

with a nose, d, or lug attached, working into an orificeor aperture, h., in the' revolving lie-.td or cross-bar a, said sprng projecting beyond the said revolving head or cross-bar, forming a hold orcatch for working the same. Y

Attached to the said head or vcross-bar is a handle, g, for the convenience of setting and handling the implement.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A stable-cleaner, composed of a revolving head or cross-bar, 'a a, carrying the teeth f f, the socket e,the spring c c, with nose or lug d, fitting into aperture or orificeA h, said spring fastened to top or bottom of tongue b, the diagonal supports jj, the tongue b, the teeth j' j, all combined and arranged as herein set forth and described.

THOMAS F. LONGAKER.'

Witnesses:

HoRAoE I. XNTILBUR,

WlLLIAM H. WALTER'. 

